Carina

"I didn't--" Evaline groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I don't want you to die . I wanted you to leave me. There's a difference."

Evaline sighed a breath of relief when Jerica put away the arrow. She relaxed her posture, standing up straight. "I know," she said. "I'm a hypocrite, and I often say ...

Evaline sighed, using this time to think. Although she was calm and collected in the outside, she knew panic was trying to claw its way out of her throat. She ...

"How old are you? Twenty? You just started living. Maybe you feel like this now, but it doesn't mean you'll feel this way in thirty, forty, fifty years from now," ...

Evaline sighed, her hands still innocently out in front of her, but she didn't come any closer. Clearly Jerica wanted her space. "No," she said calmly, forcing herself to be ...

"Who cares if you're weak?" Evaline shot back, taking another step forward. This wasn't her intention. She only wanted Jerica to leave, not threaten herself like this. She didn't actually ...

"And you're going to give in to that?" Evaline said, taking a bold move and a small step forward. "You're stronger than that. You're stronger than some venomous words from ...

"Okay, so yourself," Evaline said more carefully, finding her hands out in front of her like she was coaxing an animal. She didn't know what to do, exactly. This has ...

Evaline stopped to stare at her for a few long seconds, her mind lagging after her word spillage from earlier. It was like everything was put into a screeching halt, ...

"Why wait what? " Evaline snapped, finally glancing over her shoulder at her.

Jerica's silence was deafening, but it only fueled Evaline. She continued to speak, talking quicker with a brisker pace, her voice rising in volume with each passing sentence. "Why do ...

Evaline knew Jerica was impulsive. She had never hesitated to yell and hurl insults at her before, so she knew Jerica was holding back. Why? She doesn't know. But it ...

"Why? Do you want to kill me too? Even if there's no order to do so?" Evaline spat, not holding back. "It's in your nature to kill. That's all you've ...

"Is that so?" Evaline said with a puff of air, letting the annoyance bubble in her veins again. "Are you an expert of diagnosing that? Perhaps because you hate yourself ...

Fine. If Jerica didn't want to do it, she would push her to do it. She'd push her to finally accept that she hated her and would be the one ...